glue

[gloo] / glu /

NOUN

adhesive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cement paste plaster

STRONG

gum gunk mucilage spit

WEAK

stickum

Example Sentences

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Vogt’s Juliette groans like a workhorse that knows it’s destined for the glue factory.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Others argued the particles stiffened the surrounding material like glue.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Regardless, if Adama is humanity’s fist, Roslin is the glue that holds the fleet together.

From Salon • May 5, 2026

"We like America to be first, and that seems to be the glue that holds everybody together," he says.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

I guess some friends are just glitter, and some friends are glue.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt